Building a new computer (thought's on build)

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Beske

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Hello,
as the title says i'm building a new computer. It is mainly going to be used for games, old aswell as new, and also some video / photo editing :)

So this is the build i have come up with:

Mobo: ASUS Sabertooth P67

CPU : Intel® Core™ i7-2600K (cooler: Noctua NH-D14)

GPU : Gainward GeForce GTX 580

Case : Fractal Design Define R3

RAM : Kingston DDR3 HyperX 1600MHz 16GB

HDD : Seagate Barracuda® 7200.12 1TB

PSU : Corsair TX V2 850W PSU

So, of course i plan adding a few fans and such. But i am going to OC and maybe add another graphics card.

So will the PSU be good enough for that? :)
And in case you got other thoughts / improvements please say so.

Thanks is advance :)
//Beske
 
If I were you, since your MOBO can take it, I would go for 1866MHz RAM. Just a suggestion, otherwise it looks good to me.
 
i know an 850 is close for 2 570's, go for a 950 so you'll have a good bit of head room, and why do people like that case? cooler master haf series and a antec performance one are way cooler, and some others found them and linked them to a post yesturday.

also a ssd and a z68 chipset if you get an ssd, they use it in a more efficient way, and the samsung f3 1tb is cheaper and i believe slightly faster, and 2 of them in raid 0 will be faster, not as fast as any ssd, but faster than stock.
 
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Oh yeah i forgot to mention that i am going to find a ssd ;) Well, in the matter of cases im not that much into "lights" just a plain simple case is more me :)
 
well look at the antec performance one, it's the coolest plain case i'v ever seen, there are others pretty cool but i don't remember them much.

and remember to get a z68 chipset, they use the ssd in a more efficient way somehow.
 
16GB of RAM is overkill, even while editing videos and photos and mulitasking. 8GB is more than enough.

Two videos cards would also be overkill. No games are going to lag with a 580. And it just increases heat and some games don't like two cards.
 
i said it in my first post, 2 570's max out that, so i'd so go for a 950 or so if you can. and also put in my first the same as clapt said, 16 is overkill for anything, if you want more speed or something, go for 2 high quality 4gb's, as in dual channel 1600mhz or 1866 if the board can, lowest latency possible, that'll give you the best performance, and what did you want a link to.
 
yes, but again, have you found a good z68 mobo, and remember to either ask us to or you can check to see if it is compatible, the current mobo accepts 1866, but we can't say the other will until we know what the other is
 
The corsair 850 would power two 570 in SLI just fine.

Depending on where your getting your parts I would go with one of these instead.
PC Power and Cooling Silencer 910W
or
SeaSonic X Series X-850
or
SILVERSTONE ST85F-P 850W
or
XFX PRO850W XXX Edition
 
i looked it up once and a guy was saying he looked at the consumption and it was barely enough with a 850 for 2 570's, but he may have been retarted so idk, and still better to be safe than sorry.
 
jonnyp11 said:
yes, but again, have you found a good z68 mobo, and remember to either ask us to or you can check to see if it is compatible, the current mobo accepts 1866, but we can't say the other will until we know what the other is
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+1 jonny. And those would definitely be better if your mobo can handle them.
 
Many benchmarks have shown that increased ram frequency makes little difference in DDR3. Unlike DD2.

The Z68 board is a good idea but not essential.

claptonman said:
16GB of RAM is overkill, even while editing videos and photos and mulitasking. 8GB is more than enough.
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Also, this is not true, 12GB is the sweet spot for nonlinear video processing. And given that RAM is so cheap, i would go for 4 x 4 gb modules if you are video encoding http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231315
 
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bigfellla said:
Many benchmarks have shown that increased ram frequency makes little difference in DDR3. Unlike DD2.

The Z68 board is a good idea but not essential.



Also, this is not true, 12GB is the sweet spot for nonlinear video processing. And given that RAM is so cheap, i would go for 4 x 4 gb modules if you are video encoding http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231315
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Ah ok. But if you are just gaming and doing regular multitasking, 8 would be enough. Always can upgrade.

And in my new build, I'm going with 1600 speed with better timings even though the board can support 1866.
 
Yeah 8GB is pretty much the sweet spot i think with Win 7, but yeah, you can upgrade to 16GB which is ideal when encoding video from my experience.
 
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